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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Yalu River between China and North Korea. The Han River between North Korea and South Korea: these are rivers that are not inviting to swimmers no matter what their intentions are. Evan Hunziker [on left] was arrested and detained by the North Korean authorities when he crossed the […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. For years, experienced open water swimmers have told, recommended, warned and advised other swimmers and triathletes to never swim alone. The inherent risks of swimming alone are well-known and well-documented. The downsides are significant and include allergic reactions to jellyfish and other marine life, shark encounters, overpowering tidal forces,
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Photos and report courtesy of Ocean Navi. Aya Iwata, Yukichi Usui, Ikuko Ono, Yasuo Naito, Hiroko Hachinoe and Peter Turberfield completed a 6-person Tsugaru Channel crossing from Honshu to Hokkaido in 9 hours 51 minutes this week in Japan. The team traveled south to north, swimming from Honshu, the main island of Japan, across the
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Yesenia Cabrera Fuegos of Guatamala is gradually climbing up the Oceans Seven rankings. But it is never easy. After departing from the Papohaku Beach on Molokai at 4 pm, she swam through the night cross the Molokai Channel as she finished on Oahu at 8:50 am yesterday morning. After
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Courtesy of ABC News (television news report here) about Joey Trevino who was Walkerized and survived a 30-hour ordeal in the Caribbean Sea. Copyright © 2014 by World Open Water Swimming Association
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Doug Williams writes from San Diego, California – one of the world’s renowned hubs for triathlons and home of the La Jolla Cove Swim Club. With the La Jolla Cove as the epicenter for many channel swimmers, masters swimmers, marathon swimmers, and fitness swimmers along the West Coast of America, it only seems natural that
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 45-year-old Paul Duffield from Canada is certainly versatile. As Canada’s first certified ice swimmer, he showed his prowess in the warm-water (22.6ºC) Osoyoos Lake on September 6th when he completed an unprecedented international traverse across Osoyoos Lake. Duffield explains the venue, “Osoyoos Lake is Canada’s warmest lake and is
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Few people have influenced the contemporary ice swimming world like Ram Barkai. The visionary South African aquapreneur has helped the ice swimming community explode around the globe. He has helped populate and popularize the sport as an athlete, as a race organizer, as an administrator, and as a governing
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The three-man relay team of Chris Kraus, Brian Ross, and Rick Gaenzle has a specific goal. The men want to become the first relay team to complete the Oceans Seven. After crossing the Tsugaru Channel, Molokai Channel, English Channel, North Channel, and Strait of Gibraltar, they have two channels
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Melodee Nugent, Anthony McCarley and Janet Manning entered the realm of the unknown, untested and unfamiliar when they completed the 1st annual 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim organized by Darren Miller on September 13th. The 30 km Three Rivers Marathon Swim in the middle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is
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